I’m building a chat app, would love it if I could hit send and keep the keyboard active.
Is there a text input setting that lets me keep the keyboard up after hitting return/send?
tatiang
February 8, 2022, 11:57pm
2
Please comment on this feature request so that it gets more attention:
opened 08:14PM - 11 Jan 22 UTC
**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
I'm using a … Text Input's "submit" event to save a chat message for a chat app. I want the user to be able to send messages quickly by:
1. Typing a message
2. Pressing return on the keyboard
3. Typing a message
4. Pressing return on the keyboard
[etc.]
But currently, the user has to tap/click the text input field after pressing return and before typing another message.
**Describe the solution you'd like**
There should be a block that allows you to change the Text Input's auto-focus (or focus) to true again. Right now, it doesn't exist (see screenshot).
**Describe alternatives you've considered**
**Which platform are you asking for?**
Thunkable X, Drag & Drop
**Additional context**
<img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10355498/149014537-c288b18e-9b40-4ce9-b110-6d2819d83b89.png" width=550>
Ha somehow I already have, I don’t know how but I must have posted something similar in the past, I searched the forums and didn’t find anything
Oh well
muneer
February 9, 2022, 10:09am
4
When you use a single Text Input and set it to Auto Focus, the keyboard will be showing all the time.
However, due to a bug in Thunkable, the Auto Focus will not work in the Web but will work when using the mobile.
